1994 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1994 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Dunkel.[1]

1994 Florida State Seminoles football
National champion (Dunkel) ACC champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 23–17 vs. Florida
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
1994 record	10–1–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (11th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 75,000)

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Florida State $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 17 NC State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Virginia	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Duke	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Maryland	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 4	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	W 41–17	74,551
September 10	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland	No. 4	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	JPS	W 52–20	38,014
September 17	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 3	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 56–14	20,317
September 24	7:30 p.m.	No. 13 North Carolina	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	W 31–18	78,111
October 8	7:30 p.m.	at No. 13 Miami (FL)*	No. 3	Orange Bowl Miami (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 20–34	77,010
October 22	12:00 p.m.	Clemson	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	JPS	W 17–0	75,902
October 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Duke	No. 9	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 59–20	73,899
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	No. 8	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	JPS	W 41–10	45,206
November 12	12:00 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame*	No. 8	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	ABC	W 23–16	72,868
November 19	7:30 p.m.	at No. 25 NC State	No. 8	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN	W 34–3	52,400
November 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Florida*	No. 7	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	T 31–31	80,210
January 2	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Florida*	No. 7	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 23–17	76,224
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1994 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Danny Kanell Jr WR 15 Phillip Riley Jr C 53 Clay Shiver Jr WR 80 Tamarick Vanover Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 2 Clifton Abraham Sr DB 11 Devin Bush Sr. Jr LB 10 Derrick Brooks Sr CB 4 Corey Fuller Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3 (10)	4 (8)	4 (8)	3 (5)	3 (3)	3 (4)	3 (4)	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	4
Coaches	2 (13)		3 (6)	4 (1)	3	3 (2)	3 (1)	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	5

Season summary

at Miami (FL)

See also: 1994 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Florida

#4 Florida at #7 Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total Gators 7 17 7 0 31 Seminoles 3 0 0 28 31 Date: November 26 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium Game attendance: 80,210 Television network: ABC

Main article: Choke at Doak

See also: 1994 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–23–1	1993	W 33–21

Florida (Sugar Bowl)

#7 Florida State vs. #5 Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • Seminoles 3 17 3 0 23 Gators 3 7 0 7 17 Date: January 2 Location: Louisiana Superdome Game weather: Indoors (dome) TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil

Main article: 1995 Sugar Bowl (January)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–23–2	1994	T 31–31

References

1. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 114–115. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
2. http://nolefan.org/summary/f1994.html